7,”
he said, and kissed her.
Luke walked back. It was some time in the small hours that he entered his house burglariously by forcing open the window of a room that had once been called a den.
As he sat at breakfast the next morning, Dot said: “Hope they gave you a good dinner at the ‘Crown’ last night.”
“I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t really remember what we
8.”
“All love and honey, what?” suggested Dot.
“Dot,” said Luke, “don’t be asi—
9.”
“Oh, that’s all right,” said Dot “You don’t need to pay any at—